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We took her to the vet today. There's good news and bad news. The good news is that it was just her tooth. It was so loose the Dr. pulled it right there, he wasn't out of the office more than two minutes. He showed us the tooth She's on antibiotics for fourteen days, and the smell she had is gone. Now for the bad news. She had a tumor in her abdomen about the size of a half dollar. He said there is all sorts of tests and surgeries he could but since she's 17 years old he wants to watch it.

She had her first dose today and she did really good.

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We've had two cats since we moved in together in '96. One cat is pretty lazy and sleeps most of the day. She's a tad on the heavy side, maybe 10+ pounds. The other cat has always been more active (running everywhere), has always been on the lighter side (about 7 pounds). She's super fluffy and has always groomed herself. She always smelled like cotton. You could literally put her up to your face and she smelled good.

This is the part that is starting to worry me. She's never matted, I never had to brush her and now she's starting to mat really bad (my sister had to come over with her special grooming clippers because the mats were up to the skin) and she smells. It's so bad that you can tell she's next you without turning your head.

Could there be health issues with her? Could it be because she's 17 yrs old? She's still very active. I'm just starting to worry about her.

She doesn't seem to have any issues using the litter box. We haven't had any "accidents" outside the litter box either. I just sent my husband a message about the cat. I hope it's nothing serious. She's such a sweet little kitty. You could carry her around all day and pet her and she'll just sit in your arms and purr.

I am not saying your cat has the same issues but that's how my then 7 year old cat started off. It turns out he has stomatitis (allergy to his teeth). His mouth hurt so much he wasn't grooming himself at all. His smelled horrible from the mouth infection. We've since had all but 4 of his teeth removed and is on daily medication but doing wonderful now. I would take her to the vet and let him determine her problem. It may be as simple as a cavity.

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jo2love♀ 31528Member # 31528

Posted: 7:17 PM, October 2nd (Wednesday), 2013

Poor kitty. I think a trip to the vet is a good idea.

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simplydevastated♀ 25001Member # 25001

Posted: 7:53 PM, October 2nd (Wednesday), 2013

Our original Vet opened up a new practice. He was awesome! He closed up early today so I'm going to call him tomorrow. I hope it's nothing. My son is sad. He thinks that a trip to the Vet automatically means she's going to be put down. I told him that we're just going to find out what's wrong.

The lady I spoke with was very nice. She said that at her age it could be a host of reason's why there's a smell to her and that she's not grooming herself anymore. She said the more basic reason could be an infection in her mouth. She also said it could be a reaction to something more serious.

She told me that the Dr. may want to do a full blood work up because she's 17 yrs old, but that could all be discussed at the appointment on Saturday.

Mostly they weren't feeling all that chipper, so they didn't have a lot of saliva to clean with. Also, if it is a UTI you might not necessarily see any accidents outside of the litter box. They go into the box thinking they need to go, but just don't. Meds would perk them right back up, tho.

I am always at how cats and dogs can tolerate pain. I really think they are amazing.

Have you ever had a toothache, or bad mouth pain, no wonder she wasn't being herself. Poor thing.

I remember when my Dane popped out her spay staples, and had to have a redo surgery to clean out her belly, and what they did to her, and seh did to herself, and yet she was still sweet, tailwagging, happy. They are just amazing.